Make NGSS come alive with this 4th grade science story about hurricanes, wetlands, and how a city learned to work with nature instead of against it. Aligned to 4-ESS3-2, The Coast That Fought Back is a narrative science lesson based on the story of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina — a devastating storm that exposed the dangers of removing natural barriers, and the solutions that engineers and scientists are using to fight back. This Story: The Coast That Fought Back Standard: 4-ESS3-2 Studen